Almost ready for fish...

[777james777]

Yes I think he said to leave the Java in its pot.

Anyway, I will take them all out and attach the Java using fishing wire, really looking forward at this point to just putting even the plants in haha. Iv been staring at water for over a month haha.

 

[777james777]

You need to remove all the plants from their pots. Did he mean leave the java fern in its pot? How on earth are you supposed to attach it to decor if it's left in the pot?
You need to remove all the rock wool as well as the pots from all the plants, then spread the roots out as much as you can when you plant them. They may float out at first, many people use a few pebbles round the stem to keep them down till the roots have spread out enough to anchor them - then the pebbles can be removed.

once removed from the pots and ready to plant.. can they go in either the sand or the gravel? Is one better that the other?

 

[Essjay]

It's quite small gravel isn't it? Plants are OK in sand and small gravel (anything smaller than pea gravel is OK).